Paracymostachys Crous, gen. nov.
MycoBank number: MB 839506; Index Fungorum number: IF 839506; Facesoffungi number: FoF;
Etymology: Name reflects its close relationship to Cymostachys.
Classification: — Stachybotryaceae, Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes.
Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, erect, mostly in groups, mostly unbranched, thick-walled, hyaline to pale olivaceous brown, smooth, 1– 2-septate, with 4 – 6 conidiogenous cells radiating from the apex. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, clavate to elongate doliiform, smooth to slightly verrucose, olivaceous brown at the apex becoming subhyaline towards the base, with inconspicuous collarettes. Conidia in a mucoid droplet, aseptate, olivaceous brown to dark brown, thick-walled, guttulate, smooth to verrucose, fusoid, rarely subcylindrical, apex rounded, base truncate.
Type species: Paracymostachys euphorbiae Crous .
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